SALE OF 10 BAKER-NUNN SATELLITE TRACKING CAMERAS TO THE SOVIET INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00391R000100200003-5
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
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? 'This, utter;*currently before the Informal 'working group on the IGY
is tie ORR4rePresentative on this fp704. Any information or advice sho
directerto him. ,4k0'
(A=46:45Pi,:of this memo' has been de ,available to illiii11111 has been informed ,
of-'exittence of working group'--.JAB
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ern RtionizelnglatiCWou also iediseetedea istereet LU
purgramlng theme camerae. 3oe delegate, Mt. Meeetkie,
millitelosee to per ep to 435,000 ea* for 10 of theme
t the time of Uwe Leris; the late delivery schedule of
ewers& for LS. tatioes seemed to preclude the poseibillt7 of
deliveries to the Aar:ft DOI Committee within a reasonable time.
Weever, as the production mod delivery rotes of the subject
cameras hoveereatly izprovmd, the NeecutIve Director of the 0.)'.
Mitiecal MT Committee bow wishes to mole the question or the
gige of 10 camerae to the SOViet IMM dommtttamk--
asap April 1908 the C.A. MOT Committee applied to the
M61. Illiptm of Comoro*, Burma of Fbreige Commerce for me
alepert license to csvor ihipment of 10 of these OMOCTUS even
thou* there is oefir.liviter for this aluipmemt is M. ZA:
diet, the litter states thee there is so twerteiety that Gude a
shipment oval* or Should be mmde. A copy of the emme letter Mt
sent to tbe Setpeae Adviser et the Depertimaut at State reloystils
a palm, position La this wetter.
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001 7 MAY 1953 Mr. C. 70 441114. U460 Depextemet Orillareep
MOrasu of Yore4s Camaro* (Code 112 x 4751) called the undsr-
to report the. qitaniti_si erad. rainiest e timbales." eitristfolAt
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USSR after the meeting and that /uu advantage ahould be ..acen
of the opportunities for c'llect:ag asefuLl data which migrit result.
4. *Jar Best stated that it Col. Streeton, the At force
ray representative, would re available at the next meeting )f the
Working Group to explain his laterests and activities parr.i.zularlY
with respect to post-I07 activities La the Arctic.
5. The next meeting af the Working Group 'will be on 23 'Ally
at 1330 in Room 621, State Annex 1. 23rd end E Street, N. w.
'Jciliection Btar
Scientific Lnteillpi,ntI
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